Gilmour thanks Clarke for offering the opportunity of vindicating the memory of Bishop Louis Amadeus Rappe, whose biography Clarke is preparing. Rappe deserves to be placed in a proper and truthful light in history and before the World. He has not deserved the treatment he received, but his vindication is a delicate task as many parties of the later diocesan administration of Rappe are still living. Gilmour is willing to write out the facts of Rappe's trouble or if necessary, to come to New York personally. However, Gilmour cannot appear as a contributor or Clarke's advisor, for patent reasons. P.S. Gilmour is reliably informed that Rappe's vote in the Vatican Council was in favor of papal infallibility. :: I-2-n T.L.S. 1p. 4to.